Tobacco-pipe attachment.



No. 683,006. Patented Sept. I7, |90I.

A. S. SPEIRS. v

TOBACGU PIPE ATTAQHMENT.

(Application le May 31, 1901.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT S. SPEIRS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TOBACCO-PIPE ATTACHM ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 1\T o. 683,006, dated September 17, 1901.

Application filed May 3l, 1901. Serial No. 62,644. (No model.)

To all whom t muy concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT S. SPEIRS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful TobaccoPipe Attachment, of which the following is a specification.4

This invention relates to tobacco-pipe attachments which are held in the pipe; and the purpose of the present attachment is to provide simple means for cleaning the stem and also adapted to prevent the passage of sediment or residuum from the stem into the mouth of the smoker, the said means being always in convenient position for use without requiring a search for a device independent of the pipe to clean the latter.

The invention contemplates, primarily, a pipe having a removable stem with a cleaning device formed withpan enlargement lo cated in the bowl of the pipe and the re-l maining portion extending through a greater part of the length of the stem, whereby the stem may be withdrawn from the bowl and the'latter serve as a handle or grip to support the projecting portion of the device while inserting it through the separated stein to remove the sediment or collected residuum from the latter.

The invention also consists of a pipe hav-' ing a removable stem with a cleaning device formed with an enlargement located in the bowl of the pipe and the remaining por-` tion extending through agreater part of the length of the stem and provided with a cleansing-brush or absorbent material which will also serve to purify the smoke passing into the 'mouth of the smoker when the stem is connected to the bowl.

The invention further contemplates the improved means or attachment as an article of manufacture which is capable of applica. tion to and withdrawal from any pipe and need not be combined in any particular manner with any precise make or form of pipe.

The invention further contemplates the details of construction and arrangement of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed and subjeetto a wide range in modification in the form, size, proportions, and minor features without departing from the principle of the invention. y

'In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional perspective View of a pipe-bowl and separable stem, showing the attachment in operative relation thereto. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the form of the attachment shown by Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 1, showing a slightly-modified formv of the attachmen Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views. p

The numeral 1, Figs. l and 3, designatesa bowl having a stem 2 removably fitted thereto, the pipe illustrated by said figures being of the corncob type, to which the attachment is particularly adapted, though it is intended-to use said attachment with any kind of pipe having a removable stem. The attachment consists of a wire 3 or filament of other material having sufficient resiliency to give it body enough to practically perform its intended operation. The extremity of the attachment located within the bottom of the bore of the bowl is formed with an enlargement which, as shown by Figs. 1 and 2, is

in the form of a horizontal coil 4, with a central vertical terminal 5 depending below the plane thereof for partial insertion in the bowlbottom. This enlargement maintains the connected relation of the attachment with the bowl and also has afurther function of preventing digging of the bottom of the bowl by a knife-blade or the like in cleaning said bowl, and thus .roughen or impair said bowlbottom in the manner which now commonly occurs. In that class of pipes which are composedk of soft material, such as corncob pipes, the knife-blade point or other pointed device used in cleaning the bowls thereof frequently penetrates the bottom of the bowl and forms recesses therein by breaking out parts thereof, thereby ruiningr the pipe; but the enlargement heretofore set forth will overcome this injury. The major portion of the Wire or filament extends longitudinally through the stem 2, the said portion of the wire or filament being less in length than the stem, and on the rear terminal thereof, as shown by Fig. 1, a brush 6 is applied,whereas IOO the similarform of the attachment, as shown by Fig. 2, has its rear terminal supplied with a cotton or other absorbent covering 7. Both the brush and cotton covering serve as a cleaner for the stem and means for preventing the free passageof sediment or residuum from the stem into the mouth of the smoker, and thus the smoke will exit from the stem in a purified condition. The cotton or other absorbent covering will take up the liquid deposit in the stem and may be renewed at any time found necessary and prevent the steam from becoming foul and injurious to the smoker. y

The simplified form of the device shown by Fig. 3 embodies a loop or coil 8, with the terminal at the bottom of the bore of the bowl andthe remaining portion extending through the greater part of the stem and without either a brush or covering. This showing is intended to indicate the practical use ofthe device for cleaning pipe-stems Without relying on a brush or the like, and in both forms of the attachment it will be understood that the enlargement is to prevent separation of the same from the pipe-bowl when the stem is withdrawn, so that the bowl may be conveniently used as a handle or grip for snpporting the projecting portion of the wire or filament for engagement with the stem in the' operation of cleaning the latter. It will also be understood that the form of the enlargement may be varied indefinitely. The improved device may also be inserted through the bore of the bowl, from the upper portion of the latter, and threaded through the stemorifice. It is also proposed to make and sell theimproved device as a separate article and have it combined with a pipe in certain manufactures, and diferent materials suitable for the purpose will be employed in constructing the device.

The operation of cleaning the stem is simple, and consists in rst removing or detaching the stem from the bowl and then grasping the latter so that the portion of the attachment projecting therefrom may be readily pushed into the stem, the said stem being reversed and the entrance of the attachment made at the mouthpiece extremity, though this is not actually necessary to cause the device to effectually perform its cleaning function. The form of the attachment carrying the brush may have the brush thereof cleansed as often as found necessary,and the cotton or other absorbent covering may be renewed `Whenever it becomes filled with the liquid deposit and other sediment or residuum.

The use of the improved device will not interfere with the draft of the pipe, and by its provision and retention in connection with the pipe a convenient and reliable means will always be at hand for cleansing the stem.

Instead of using cotton or bristles on the terminal of theprojected portion of the cleaner wool, wood ber, or the like may be equally well employed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isl. The combination with a pipe-bowl and a stem,of a cleaning attachment havinga coiled extremity lying and held Within the base portion of the chamber of the bowl, the remaining part of the said attachment extending from the bowl into the stem.

2. The combination with a pipe-bowl having a stem completely removable therefrom, of a cleaning attachment held by the bowl for insertion into the stem, whereby the entire smoke-cond uit from the bowl may be cleansed by the attachment.

3. The combination with a pipe-bowl having a removable stern, of a cleaning attachment having an enlarged extremity held Within the bowl and a portion projecting from the latter for insertion in a stern.

4. As an improved article of manufacture, a pi pe-cleanin g attachment having a coil with a depending securing member for engagement with the lower portion of a pipe-bowl, and aprojected portion for insertion in a pipestem.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have heretoaftixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT. S. SPEIRS.

Witnesses E. E. HoYLE, FRANK S. APPLEMAN. 

